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John Zobolas
I have a diverse background, from mathematics and computer science, to software engineering and modeling. My strongest quality is careful, analytical thinking. I like writing clean and test-driven software that enables technology-driven applications, as well as analyzing and visualizing research data to augment understanding of model-driven biological processes.
Education
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
PhD in Computational Biology
Trondheim, Norway
2021 (expected) - 2017
Thesis: Software implementations allowing new approaches toward data analysis, modeling and curation of biological knowledge for Systems Medicine
Professional Experience
Digital Life Norway Industry Internship (3 months)
AstraZeneca
Gothenburg, Sweden
2021
- Predicting bioactivity data using Bayesian Matrix Factorization
- Target clustering and validation for phenotypic screens
Linux Systems Engineer and Database Performance Tester
Commsquare
Athens, Greece
2015 - 2013
- Administration/Monitoring of Linux servers & Databases
- Database Performance tuning (optimizing queries, insertion speed)
- Costumer support / Troubleshooting
- Software testing
Publications
CausalBuilder: bringing the MI2CAST causal interaction annotation standard to the curator
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2021
Touré V, Zobolas J., Kuiper M., Vercruysse S.
Linking PubDictionaries with UniBioDicts to support Community Curation
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2020
Zobolas J., Kim J-D, Kuiper M., Vercruysse S.
UniBioDicts: Unified access to biological dictionaries
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Zobolas J., Touré V., Kuiper M., Vercruysse S.
VSM-box: general-purpose interface for biocuration and knowledge representation
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Vercruysse, S., Zobolas J., Touré V., Andersen M.K., Kuiper M.
emba: R package for analysis and visualization of biomarkers in boolean model ensembles
Journal of Open Source Software
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Zobolas J., Kuiper M., Flobak Å.
CausalTAB: the PSI-MITAB 2.8 updated format for signalling data representation and dissemination
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2019
Perfetto L., …, Zobolas, J., Licata L.
Posters
VSM-box: the general-purpose curation interface as an open-source web-component
Poster presented at the The 12th International Biocuration Conference 2019
Cambridge, UK
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Vercruysse S., Zobolas J., Touré V., Kuiper M.
Awards and Scholarships
Program Study with Scholarship, EqualSociety
Scholarship for the MSc in Computer Science (AUEB)
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2013
Program Great Moment for Education, Eurobank
Award for the highest grade in the Panhellenic examinations
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2007
Music
Pianist
Worked as a pianist in Konstantinidis pastry shops
Goudi, Athens
2012 - 2009
School of Piano and Harmony
Graduated with honors from Anagennisi Conservatory
Athens, Greece
2007 - 2000